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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I ask the name of the safety on "the other coast"?[/quote]

It's actually on your coast as I'm no longer in the DCUM area.

WPI---excellent engineering school---truly a hidden gem. Previous president (left last summer to head up JPL) worked hard to work towards 50/50 makeup of students.  They are at about 55/45 (M/F) last I checked. My kid is not a "nerd" or "geeky" so somewhere like RPI wasn't going to work (for many other reasons as well) but kid also did not want anything larger than 8K or so (so VaTech/GATech/Purdue/etc were not appealing) and wanted a place where they could change majors as they desire without having to fight to gain admission to the major at a later date.  At WPI majority of kids seemed "normal" not like a traditional only engineering school.

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Happy to hear these great things about WPI. It's on my kid's list, but we haven't visited yet. I liked it for my kid because it seems like less pressure than other tech/enginneering programs (i.e. not trying to weed out half the class in the first year).[/quote]

yes, definately less pressure because you can major in whatever you want, just meet with advisor and take the courses you want/need.  Only think to know about WPI is to understand the 4 quarter system during the "normal school year".  It's 4, 7 week quarters. You take 3 courses (not normal 4 or 5 in a semester school).  It has it's plusses and minuses.  But make sure your kid can manage the minuses---as in, if you are a procrastinator it might not be the best place for your kids---hard to "catch up" in a 7 week session if you fall behind the first 2 weeks.   On the plus side, you only have 3 courses to focus on---so it could be easier to manage from that perspective. 
I like to call it a "hidden gem"----way better school than "rankings" would indicate, and that's why I don't normally care much about rankings.  Perfect place for anyone who knows they want a STEM major of some type.

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